did not achieve significanceP > 0.05
Cel inhibits pyruvate kinase activity and the proinflammatory activity of HMGB1 In LPS-activated macrophages, Cel did not significantly affect expression of PKM1 but it did slightly reverse the LPS-induced upregulation of PKM2, although this change did not achieve significance ( P > 0.05, Fig. 5 a, Additional file 1 : Fig.